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Deaths on company premises, might be sensitive and personal and may not have been passed to Archives. You could write to the Head of Human Resources, with some brief information, his name and date of birth and if possible an approximate year of death and/or which Factory.

Big companies had their own Fire Bigade (some also attended and assisted at outside incidents too), ask about their Fire Brigade Logs and the Fire Warden / Fire Watch Duty Log books.

Regards Mark

"George HOOD of Selby" Before 1812?

Born about 1785 (Yorkshire per 1841 Census)

Married Sarah RUSSELL at Selby 1815 newspaper - "both of that place".

Buried in the Quaker Burial Ground at Selby as "Not in Membership" in 1845, aged 60 years.

George HOOD of Selby was refused Membership of the Quakers in 1836.

Elected Overseer of the Poor of Selby in 1838.

Had both known (Selby) and unknown (some not stated 1846) property interests.

Possible (but unknown) links to COOK and/or PEARSON names.

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Thank you once again for all of your help. You have given me lots of new possible records to try. Hopefully this time I get a bit further with my research.

Thank you once again it is truly appreciated.

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Just been a report on EAST Midlands Today that a memorial was unveiled at Rolls Royce Derby. To the people killed in 1942 when a single airplane dropped one bomb on the factory. Three houses were also damaged.The full story is on the BBC news site .

Just been a report on EAST Midlands Today that a memorial was unveiled at Rolls Royce Derby. To the people killed in 1942 when a single airplane dropped one bomb on the factory. Three houses were also damaged.The full story is on the BBC news site .

Hi Larkspur

Thank you for your reply. I will go and have a look at the BBC News site. My 2x Great Uncle worked at Rolls Royce in 1942, which is also the year he died. However he wasn't killed in a war related incident.

I found this if it helps the only ppl of hucknall to die in WWIIAll five members of the Evans family died when a Fairey Battle light bomber plunged into their home on its way to Hucknall Aerodrome, in September 1940.

They were later buried in a pauper's grave in Hucknall Cemetery.

Campaigner Dorothy Bevins, a distant relative, said about £2,000 is needed for a headstone on the unmarked grave.

Plaque for pilot who died in the house crashImage caption There is a plaque for the Polish pilot in Hucknall cemeteryAlice and Albert Evans, 28, and their children Ronald, eight, Alice, six, and John, two, died in their home in Laughton Crescent, on the Ruffs Estate.

The Polish pilot was also killed in the crash and buried in Hucknall Cemetery after being given a full military funeral with a headstone provided by the War Graves Commission.

Mrs Bevins said the family, who lived close to the airfield, "paid the ultimate price" and should be commemorated.

Cemetery plot where the family are buriedImage caption Dorothy Bevins wants to buy the unmarked grave and have a gravestone installedShe said: "I want to buy the grave and fit a headstone on it. It's important for the family and for the Hucknall community and our heritage.

"They were the only people in [the town] to be killed during the war."

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